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Your Guide To Countries That Have Banned YouTube

With Thailand and Turkey both yet again seeking to block YouTube, we thought it would be useful to recap the growing list of countries that have objected to content on the service. We’re focusing on national governments that have taken action to block content on YouTube from being accessible countrywide. Brazil In January 2007, YouTube […]

Barry Schwartz on September 21, 2007 at 10:09 am
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With Thailand and Turkey both yet again seeking to block YouTube, we thought it would be
useful to recap the growing list of countries that have objected to content on
the service. We’re focusing on national governments that have taken action to
block content on YouTube from being accessible countrywide.

Brazil

In January 2007, YouTube was
blocked
when a judge ordered a video of Daniela Cicarelli
and boyfriend having sex in on a public beach be removed. Because it kept
getting uploaded, all of YouTube was blocked. Access was later restored, and
Had Sex On A Beach?
That Ain’t Private, Brazilian Judge Tells Cicarelli In YouTube Case
covers
how Cicarelli later lost her case.

Iran

In December 2006, YouTube found itself blocked
apparently for providing access to Iranian pop music.

Morocco

In May 2007, Morocco
blocked YouTube
for no apparent reason, though it may have been over videos critical of
Morocco’s king.

Thailand

In April 2007, Thailand
blocked YouTube
for five months (until August 2007) over a video deemed insulting to its king.
Today,

news
came out that Thailand again is upset with YouTube, this time seeking
to block the "The Crisis Of Siam" video (part one,
part two) that
accuses the chief royal adviser of being
behind last year’s coup.

Turkey

In March 2007, Turkey
blocked YouTube
over a video deemed insulting to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk,
the founder of modern Turkey. In September 2007, a court

ordered
that YouTube be blocked again over the same issue.

Syria

In August 2007, Syria blocked YouTube over a video that showed Syria’s First Lady waving a farewell as her dress is caught by wind and blown up.



About The Author

Barry Schwartz
Barry Schwartz a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry's personal blog is named Cartoon Barry and he can be followed on Twitter here.

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